The F16I has been a rather long awaited addition to the Israeli TT, and as of right now it is REALLY underwhelming. Compared to the F16C blk40 it gains MAWs, loses a bunch of counter meassures, gets a better engine but in turn gets heavier and it should also receive a marginally better radar, the real problem is with the armaments it gets access to or better loses. The Aim120C-5 in it’s current state is at close range worse than the A and B models and only really starts to outperform them at above 40kms, additional to that the F16I also loses its access to Python 3s and Derbys which outperform the Aim9Ms in almost every metric, so not only does it have only 6 missiles at a BR 14.0 where the lowest missile count is 8 with either way better missiles or way better flight characteristics to properly use the range of the 120C-5, but it also gets the arguably worst missile kit considering it’s BR and flight model. My Proposal would be to at least add the Python3s instead of the Aim9Ls and also add the Derbys. Ideally gaijin could add the Python 4 with nerfed IRCCM or the Python 3 with IRCCM (we already have that, PL8B) or the I-Derby ER but that is rather wishful thinking. Anyways, what are your thoughts?
The F16I in the dev server is also not sufficiently aremed, i mean in the dev server it can only carry at most 8 SPICE 250 bombs, but in fact it can also carry more of these bombs under the other two empty pylons, which same as the SPICE 1000 and SPICE 2000, which means it can carry at most 16 SPICE 250 bombs
I feel like they should definitely add the Python 4 at this point. If it’ll be too op, they can do what they have done to most high tier missiles in this game and artificially nerf it and buff it to its IRL performance over time. It would make the Israeli planes a lot more unique and not just America 2.0
I agree, give it a fov irccm or Seeker shut off and would be kinda balanced, we already got r73 which at some distance unavoidable so why not python 4, it would be a better R27T
Python 4s would make it 14.3 - 14.7.
Python 3s are inferior to AIM-9Ms.
F-16I is the fastest F-16 in the game [and can only get faster cause its channel loss is incorrect].
It has 240 countermeasures modeled and that will be there on live server.
it totally needs the Python-4 this thing is a COW like the MIG-29SMT with the difference that the SMT have more chances to do something in dogfight thanks to the R-73, the sufa feels really heavy and i really expect it to be like that but with 9Ms we are not going anywhere honestly, this thing would have a huge hard time facing typhoons and rafales and now the Rafale got buffed again like if it needs that buff, its time for the Python-4 and if its a problem the IRCCM just add it with seeker shut off like the 9M or AAM-3 and solved this same threatment was given to many missiles that it should have the dual irccm soo… why they cannot do the same with this missile? its really simple we are not asking for something of another world to be fair, we are asking for something better and balance at the same time that would %100 help this jet to be competitive.
then just make it 14.3 if thats a problem, honestly speaking with Python-4 its not even 14.3 material with its performance and 6 missile that from those 6 you would always use 2 IRs, the rafale and typhoon are way better and more supressive in AIR RB soo… your opinion about being the fastest F-16 is nulified because of the heavy weight of this thing, being the fastest F-16 does nothing against the rafale and typhoon in short in medium and long range you would still get smacked no matter what mate… soo… stop with the cope we are trying to find solutions and you are the type of person that lacks common sense and puts rocks in the way for everything we dont need this here.
PS: dont waste time to respond me because i have you muted from long time ago i just unmuted you to see what nonsense you are speaking as always.
Gimme my F-16CM-42 NOW gaijoob!!
Also, turkey feathers are still incorrect. Looks like this plane’s getting a bug report as well.
1.) it gets AIM-9Ms, a direct upgrade to Python 3s
2.) it gets AIM-120s, a direct upgrade to Derbys
Wish it got derbies, I would take some with AMRAAMs and 9ms if I had the sufa
The feathers look correct. Just a different color.
Also this thing is going to dogfight extremely well: This is its performance with nerfed thrust currently.
Nah it’s way too heavy, literally just a worse American f-16c other than cms and maws
i would not say the 9m is an upgrade over the python 3
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You’re aware Python 3 has 10g more pull and a shorter guidance delay (about 80% sure on that one) right? 9Ms are an upgrade on IRCCM and range and worse in everything else
at this point i have repeated 50 times that this aircraft was going to be worse than the F-16D block 40 in performance it is very heavy and the power delivered by the engine is not enough to compensate that especially at low speeds, the nose autority it has is not even close to the one we can find in the F-16C Block 50 for example and if we talk about other blocks it is even worse if we compare it with the earlier Blocks, this guy alvis does not understand that it is not going to perform better than the current F-16D in the game yea it would have a better top speed thats for sure but how the plane handles its totally worse and thats not gonna change, he does not want to understand it and keeps arguing about something that does not make sense to discuss.
9m has shorter guidance delay what are you talking about
they are faster off the rail, accelerate wayy faster and pull more
It does? Certainly doesn’t feel like it
Israel does not really use the Derby however the Python 4 would be perfect even in a slightly nerfed state